Although the Duan family is dilapidated, the courtyard is not small, and the main house, the ear room, the wing, the small garden are complete.

Hearing a knock on the door, Duan Chu hurriedly closed the master bedroom door and walked out quickly.

When I opened the door and saw someone coming, it was the matchmaker Wang Granny Wang, who was well-known in Pengzhou Mansion.

It is said that the marriage of Duan Chu's parents was also mediated by Granny Wang.

Therefore, Duan Chu has always respected Granny Wang, and Granny Wang has always been very concerned about his marriage.

Seeing Granny Wang sighing, Duan Chu asked her what was going on.

"Jiang Butcher, the one who killed a thousand knives, actually repented of his marriage, saying that you have nothing else except this house full of bad luck, and yesterday changed Jiang Xiaomei to the pawnshop Xu Shopkeeper."

After Granny Wang finished speaking, she stuffed Duan Chu's dowry of three taels of silver into Duan Chu's hand.

Duan Chu pinched three taels of silver, a little dumbfounded.

"Granny Wang, doesn't Shopkeeper Xu have a wife?" Duan Chu asked.

"Who says it isn't! Jiang Xiaomei was just a concubine when she married! The dog surnamed Xu eats tender grass from the old cow! ”

Duan Chu's brows furrowed when he heard this, but he quickly smiled.

"Granny Wang, this is because I am poor, and I don't blame you, you don't have to be discouraged, Jiang Butcher does this, and he has his reasons, but I want to know, what does Jiang Xiaomei mean?"

"Like his father, he is also a person who hates the poor and loves the rich."

Granny Wang sighed after speaking, took out a cloth bag, and handed it to Duan Chu.

Inside the cloth bag is a silver hairpin.

This is a relic of Duan's mother, because no one has worn it for a long time, it has mottled green rust on it.

Seeing this silver hairpin, Duan Chu understood what Jiang Xiaomei meant.

Executioner, this is a job that ordinary people stay away from.

If you want to find a daughter-in-law, it is difficult compared to ordinary people, and the abductor is still alone, and the situation of Ghost Eye Seven is not very good.

Ghost Eye Seven's wife died a few days after giving birth to her son.

The neighbors said that these were the murderous spirits who died under the hands of the Ghost Eye Seven, and they came back to take revenge.

As for that son, he was sent away by Ghost Eye Seven since he was a child.

Where it went, no one knows.

Ghost Eye Seven did this just to prevent his son from being contaminated by his bad luck.

It is already difficult to find a daughter-in-law, and coupled with Duan Chu's poverty, it is even more difficult.

As the only male member of the Duan family, if he can't marry a wife and have children, he will cut off the incense and cut off the bloodline, and he will have no face to see the ancestors of the Duan family after death.

Thinking of this, Duan Chu had no smile on his face, and let out a long sigh.

"Child, don't be discouraged, cough cough ......" Granny Wang stopped talking.

Duan Chu saw that she had something to say, and said, "You always have something to say." ”

"Well, if you don't dislike it, how about telling you a widow? Zhao Tailor, a tailor in a cloth shop, and his niece came to join him, just twenty-two years old, and was kicked out by her in-laws after hearing that she had lost her husband. ”

Duan Chu stuffed the three taels of silver into Granny Wang's hands.

"Everything is arranged by my mother-in-law, one or two will be given to you for the New Year, and the remaining two taels will be used for you to explore the way."

Granny Wang did not refuse, and left with three taels of silver.

Duan Chu closed the door and returned to the bedroom to check on the girl's condition, and found that she had already woken up.

Before, the girl had always been blinded and at the mercy of others, but now she sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Duan Chu and shook her head gently.

A pair of watery peach blossom eyes are full of pity.

Obviously, the conversation between Duan Chu and Granny Wang was heard by her, and she was pitiful Duan Chu.

The pity from the weak made Duan Chu even more ashamed.

In shame, he said to the girl angrily: "I thought you couldn't hear, but I didn't expect to pretend to be deaf and dumb, you are the same as the big man of the one-eyed dragon, you are quite good at acting!" ”

When the girl heard this, she immediately put away her pity, and her eyes dimmed again.

Seeing that there seemed to be tears in the girl's aggrieved eyes, Duan Chu felt that he had gone too far just now.

He was not embarrassed to apologize, took firewood and charcoal, made a fire on the stove in the main hall, boiled water and roasted the wowotou, and put a bowl of water and a wowotou in front of the girl.

The girl didn't eat, pointed to her mouth, and waved her hand again.

"You mean, you can hear, but you can't speak, don't you?" Duan Chu asked her.

The girl did not deny it, and pointed to the New Year's picture hanging on the opposite wall.

The New Year's paintings have been hanging for many years, and they have long been dilapidated.

However, it can also be seen that it is a big fat doll wearing a belly pocket, holding a red-tailed brocade scale carp that is longer than him.

Duan Chu thought for a while before he understood what the girl meant.

"Don't want to eat wowotou, want to eat big fish and meat? You are the eldest lady in the market, you may not know that a poor family like me can't eat fish a few times a year! ”

Duan Chu has his own judgment.

The girl's red cotton cloak is a valuable commodity at first glance.

The girl didn't respond, but turned her head and didn't look at the nest.

"You rich people, where do you understand the suffering of the world!" Duan Chu criticized her again.

The girl was in a hurry, and when she stomped her foot, the cloth wrapped around her calf bounced off.

Looking at the pink and white lotus, Duan Chu stopped and sighed again.

"Why am I so unlucky, I can't eat by myself, and there is a rich daughter on the stall before I have a reason, I want to eat big fish and meat and wait for tomorrow, I will go to the government office to exchange my reward."

Duan Chu told the girl not to walk around, and then carried Xie Yuwen's head and the nine-ring knife, locked the gate and went straight to the mansion.

Until now, he has not recognized the true value of Xie Yuwen's head.

The former prefect of Pengzhou Prefecture suddenly fell ill and died suddenly in the autumn, and the imperial court has not yet appointed a new prefect.

At present, all the affairs of Pengzhou Mansion are in charge of Tongzhiwen Chaotian.

Xie Yuwen was held under Wen Chaotian's personal arrangement.

Xie Yuwen's sword ghost, one of whom is the nephew of the Ministry of Rites, plus Wen Chaotian is his protégé, so he is at the emperor's place, and strongly recommends Wen Chaotian to take over as the new prefect.

Wen Chaotian is also working with all his might, striving to reach a higher level.

Good things came true, no one thought that at the critical moment, Xie Yuwen escaped from prison.

When Duan Chu walked out of the house, Wen Chaotian was dispatching troops.

Pengzhou Mansion's horse step fast class, as well as the water and land patrol under its jurisdiction, six or seven leaders stood in a row, all of them staring at the ground with their faces blue and their heads hanging down, and they were all scolded by Wen Chaotian.

They were fine, and there were two kneeling next to them, shivering.

Wen Chaotian suddenly slapped the table hard.

"Xie Yuwen's escape, the official has not reported it yet, the heavy snow has stopped just now, and the manpower has arrived, I will go up the mountain later, at noon tomorrow at the latest, I will see people die or see corpses!"

Hearing this arrangement, Ma Qianli, the head catcher of the Ma Bu fast class, stepped forward head-on.

"My lord, that Xie Yuwen's bones can be stretched and contracted, the knife can be decisive, there are evil arts and martial arts, the heavy snow has closed the mountain for three days, it is estimated that he has already gone away and flown high, we had better post a ......"

Before Ma Qianli finished speaking, he received a big mouth on his face.

"Issuing sea fishing papers, huh? Darn! I know that you are afraid of Xie Yuwen's fierceness, and you don't dare to risk yourself, you are afraid, this official is not afraid! Tonight, the official will personally lead the team, and let's go now! ”

Wen Chaotian took the lead, and the others didn't dare to say more.

The close-fitting maid took a big ring and draped it on Wen Chaotian's body.

Wen Chaotian stepped forward and said: "If you can't catch Xie Yuwen, the Son of Heaven will be furious, and then he will blame him, and before this official falls and goes to prison, he will behead your wine bags and rice bags!" ”

At this moment, Wen Chaotian's henchmen trotted over all the way.